#ill

Independence I have long considered as the grand blessing of life, the basis of every virtue; and independence I will ever secure by contracting my wants, though I were to live on a barren heath. ↗

— Mary Wollstonecraft

#basis #blessing #considered #contracting #ever

Slavery to monarchs and ministers, which the world will be long freeing itself from, and whose deadly grasp stops the progress of the human mind, is not yet abolished. ↗

— Mary Wollstonecraft

#freeing #grasp #human #human mind #itself

And to me, I had come out of Texas, and during that time was when I realized that a lot of people in Nashville, their idea of what country music was was not the same as mine. ↗

— Lee Ann Womack

#country #country music #during #had #i

I'm still experimenting. ↗

— Stevie Wonder

#i #still

Robert Altman's 'Nashville' is my all-time favorite film because it covers all the bases - it's original, moving, and has something to say, but also funny and incredibly entertaining. ↗

— Douglas Wood

#also #altman #bases #because #covers

While I've lived in L.A. since 1985, I'll always consider Chicago my home town and have much affection for it. My parents and sister still live there so I try to visit as often as I'm able. ↗

— Douglas Wood

#affection #always #chicago #consider #home

Nobody will ever notice that. Filmmaking is not about the tiny details. It's about the big picture. ↗

— Ed Wood

#big #big picture #details #ever #filmmaking

All my life people have made fun of me because I was so skinny. They kind of made me feel bad about it sometimes. I worried that maybe people will think I am really anorexic. ↗

— Evan Rachel Wood

#am #anorexic #bad #because #feel

When I retire or pass away, I will be able to look back and say that this has been an exciting life. That's all that matters. ↗

— Martin Yan

#away #back #been #exciting #exciting life

My dad lived till he was 78, my mum was in her 80s, and I've got two uncles who are in their 90s now. ↗

— Ron Wood

#got #her #i #lived #mum